Rotary wrenching tool with a driving head

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to a driving head of rotary wrenching tools, the driving head can be a sleeve or directly implemented on the wrench, the driving head has an opening with grooves, forefront surfaces and concavities implemented inside the opening, the forefront surfaces are implemented individually in-between the grooves, and one concavity is implemented on each forefront surface, with which varieties of work pieces in different shapes can be tightly fitted into.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a driving head of rotary wrenching tools,specifically the one which has an opening with grooves, forefrontsurfaces and concavities implemented inside, which is capable forvarieties of work pieces in different shapes to be tightly fitted into.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

As what have been acknowledged, the current patent of driving head ofrotary wrenching tools structured for fitting varieties of work piecesin different shapes such as U.S. Pat. No. 3,354,757, U.S. Pat No.3,657,516 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,388,486 is having a sleeve on the drivinghead, twelve equally spaced convexities are angularly implemented insidethe sleeve, with which varieties of work pieces in different shapes suchas gear type or hexagonal type work pieces can be fit into the sleeveand rotated. In spite of the advantages of the three patents mentionedabove, there are shortcomings for the three patents on the action ofrotating as following: although there are twelve convexities inside thesleeve to accommodate varieties of bolt in different shapes, but thepossibility for the sleeve to work on hexagonal bolts is very highbecause hexagonal bolts is the most prevalent bolts in the market; whenthe sleeve rotates the hexagon bolt, the two of the twelve convexitiescontact with the side of the six hexagon bolt, which will produce a gapin-between, then instability and damage are to be created.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention is about a driving head of rotary wrenching tools, whichis capable for varieties of work pieces in different shapes to betightly fitted into with improvement on tight fitness. The structure ofthis invention is that the driving head has an opening with grooves,forefront surfaces and concavities implemented inside; morespecifically, the forefront surfaces are implemented individuallyin-between the grooves, and one concavity is implemented on the centerof each forefront surface, the concavities is parallel to the centralaxis, which is deep enough to accommodate varieties of work pieces indifferent shapes for tight fitness.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a 3-dimensional view of the sleeve of the present invention.

FIG. 1-a is a front plan view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 3 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 4 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 5 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 6 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 7 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 8 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 9 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 10 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 11 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 12 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 13 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 14 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 15 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 16 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 17 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 18 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 19 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 20 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 21 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 22 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 23 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 24 is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 25 is a 3-dimensional view of another embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 26 is a front plan view shows the driving head with a handle.

FIG. 27 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

FIG. 28 shows the combination status of the work piece and the drivinghead of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

As shown on FIG. 1, this invention is about a driving head of rotarywrenching tools, the driving head 10 has two opposite ends and a centralaxis which connects the two ends, at least one end of the driving head10 has an opening 100 extending along the central axis, the opening 100is for fitting work pieces. The opening 100 has plurality grooves 12that are distributed equidistant along the inner surface of the opening,the grooves 12 extend along the central axis. Every two adjacent grooves12 forms a forefront surface 11, the forefront surface 11 is closer tothe central axis than the groove 12. At least a concavity 13 isimplemented on the center of each forefront surface 11, the extendingdirection of the concavity 13 is also parallel to the central axis andis deep enough to accommodate the extrusion parts of work pieces. In theembodiment shown on FIGS. 1 and 1 a, the driving head 10 is a sleeve,one end of the sleeve has an opening 100 for purpose of fitting workpieces, the other end of the sleeve has a square hole 14 for fittingother tools, every forefront surface 11 has one concavity 13, theforefront surface 11 can be a flat surface or a curved surface. On FIG.1, the forefront surface 11 is an arc surface tangent to the arc surfaceof the groove 12.

As shown on FIG. 2, the inside of the concavities 13 are arc surfacesthat will fit the round extrusions 31 of the work piece 30. As shown onFIGS. 3 and 4, the inside of the grooves 12 are arc surfaces that willfit not only the round extrusions 31 of the work piece 30 but alsopolygonal work piece 20. When the grooves 12 and the concavities 13 areboth implemented, that a work piece 40 with plurality of extruded teeth41 can be fitted into as shown on FIG. 5; or an octagonal work piece 50can be fitted into as shown on FIG. 6; or a quadrangular work piece 52can be fitted into as shown on FIG. 7; or an asteroid shape of workpiece 53 can be fitted into as shown on FIG. 8; or a nine sidespolygonal work piece 54 can be fitted into as shown on FIG. 9; or atrigonal work piece 55 can be fitted into as shown on FIG. 10.

As shown on FIG. 11, the surface connecting the forefront surface 11 andthe concavities 13 is shaped as a round corner 131.

As shown on FIG. 12, the driving head 10 is a sleeve, one end of thesleeve has an opening 100 for purpose of fitting work pieces, and theother end of the sleeve is shaped polygonal 15 for fitting other tools.

As shown on FIG. 13, the inside of the concavity 13 is an oval-shapedarc surface.

As shown on FIG. 14, the inside of the concavity 13 is a paraboloid.

As shown on FIG. 15, the concavity 13 still can fit the round extrusions31 of the work piece 30

-   -   As shown on FIG. 16, the concavity 13 is composed by the two        interconnected arc surface 131 and 132, which are round        surfaces.

As shown on FIG. 17, a secondary concavity 130 is implemented inside theconcavity 13, the secondary concavity 130 extends along the centralaxis, the inside of the concavity 13 and the secondary concavity 130 areboth round, the radius of the concavity 13 is longer than that of theconcavity 130.

As shown on FIG. 18, the wall of the concavity 13 is formed by at leastthree surfaces 133, 134 and 135. The three surfaces can be arc surfacesin an embodiment, or can be flat surfaces as shown on FIG. 18, theangles formed by each two adjacent flat surfaces are all 120 degree.

As shown on FIGS. 19 and 20, the wall of the concavity 13 is formed byfour surfaces 133 a, 134 a, 135 a and 136 a, each of the surfaces isflat and at least one of the angles formed by each two adjacent flatsurfaces is 120 degree, which will fit the round extrusions 31 of thework piece 30 as shown on FIG. 20.

As shown on FIGS. 21 and 22, the wall of the concavity 13 is formed byfour surfaces 133 b, 134 b 135 b and 136 b, each of the surfaces is flatand the angles formed by each two flat surfaces are all 120 degree,which will fit the round extrusions 31 of the work piece 30 as shown onFIG. 22.

As shown on FIG. 23, the wall of the concavity 13 is formed by foursurfaces 133 c, 134 c, 135 c and 136 c, each of the surfaces is flat andthe angles formed by each two adjacent flat surfaces are all 135 degree.

As shown on FIG. 24, the wall of the concavity 13 is formed by fivesurfaces 133 d, 134 d, 135 d, 136 d and 137 d, each of the surfaces isflat and the angles formed by each two adjacent flat surfaces are all135 degree.

As shown on FIG. 25, the driving head 10 is a sleeve with an opening 100at one end, plurality ratchets 16 are implemented on the peripheral ofoutside of the sleeve.

As shown on FIG. 26, a handle 17 is implemented on one side of thedriving head 10, which is to be used as an usual wrenching tool.

As shown on FIG. 27, the two ends of the concavity 13 are connectingtheir neighboring forefront surfaces 11 to form continuous curves, theforefront surfaces 11 are formed by multiple curves for varieties ofwork pieces to fit.

As shown on FIG. 28, the forefront surfaces 11 are flat and there aresix of them, with six forefront surfaces 11, which a hexagonal shape ofwork piece 20 can be fitted into.

1. A driving head of rotary wrenching tools having two opposite ends and having a central axis that connecting this two ends, at least one said end of the driving head having an opening extending along the central axis, the opening being for fitting work pieces; the opening having plurality grooves that are distributed equidistant along the inner surface of the opening, the grooves extending along the central axis; at least a portion connecting every two adjacent said grooves forming a forefront surface, the forefront surface being closer to the central axis than the groove; at least a concavity being implemented on the center of each said forefront surface, and the extending direction of the concavity being parallel to the central axis and being deep enough to accommodate the extrusion parts of work pieces, and wherein the center of the concavity implements a deeper secondary concavity that is parallel to the central axis.
 2. The driving head of claim 1 wherein each said forefront surface having one said concavity.
 3. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the driving head is a sleeve, one end of the sleeve having said opening.
 4. The driving head of claim 3 wherein the other end of the sleeve having a square hole.
 5. The driving head of claim 3 wherein the other end of the sleeve having a polygonal opening.
 6. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the forefront surface is a flat surface.
 7. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the forefront surface is a curved surface.
 8. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the inside of the groove is an arc surface.
 9. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the forefront surface is an arc surface tangent to the arc surface of the groove.
 10. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the concavity is a round-shaped arc surface.
 11. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the concavity is an oval-shaped arc surface.
 12. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the concavity is a paraboloid-shaped arc surface.
 13. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the surface connecting the forefront surface and the concavities is shaped as a round corner.
 14. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the concavity is composed by two interconnected arc surface.
 15. The driving head of claim 14 wherein the two arc surface are round-shaped arc surfaces.
 16. (canceled)
 17. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the inside of the concavity and the secondary concavity are both round-shaped arc surfaces, the radius of the concavity is longer than the secondary concavity.
 18. The structural improvement of the driving head of claim 1 wherein the driving head is a sleeve with an opening at one end, plurality ratchets are implemented on the peripheral of the outside of the sleeve.
 19. The driving head of claim 1 wherein the driving head extends a handle on one side.
 20. A driving head of rotary wrenching tools having two opposite ends and having a central axis that connecting this two ends; at least one end of the driving head having an opening along the central axis, the opening of the driving head being for fitting work pieces; the opening having plurality grooves that are distributed equidistant along the inner surface of the opening, the grooves extending along the axis; at least a portion connecting every two adjacent grooves forming a forefront surface, the forefront surface being closer to the central axis than the groove; at least a concavity being implemented on the center of each forefront surface, the extending direction of the concavity being parallel to the central axis and being deep enough to accommodate the extrusion parts of work pieces; the wall of the concavity being formed by at least three surfaces, wherein the surfaces of the concavity are flat surfaces, and at least one of the angles formed by two adjacent said flat surfaces is 120 degree.
 21. (canceled)
 22. (canceled)
 23. The driving head of claim 20 wherein the angles formed by each two adjacent said flat surfaces are all 120 degree.
 24. The driving head of claim 20 wherein the number of the flat surfaces is four.
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 30. A driving head of rotary wrenching tools having two opposite ends and having a central axis that connecting this two ends; at least one end of the driving head having an opening along the central axis, the opening of the driving head being for fitting work pieces; the opening having plurality grooves that are distributed equidistant along the inner surface of the opening, the grooves extending along the axis; at least a portion connecting every two adjacent grooves forming a forefront surface, the forefront surface being closer to the central axis than the groove; at least a concavity being implemented on the center of each forefront surface, the extending direction of the concavity being parallel to the central axis and being deep enough to accommodate the extrusion parts of work pieces; the wall of the concavity being formed by at least three surfaces, wherein the wall of the concavity is formed by five surfaces, each surface is flat, and the angles formed by each two adjacent said flat surfaces are all 135 degree.
 31. The structural improvement of the driving head of claim 30 wherein the driving head is a sleeve with one said opening at one end, plurality ratchets are implemented on the peripheral of outside of the sleeve.
 32. The driving head of claim 30 wherein a handle is implemented on one side of the driving head, which is to be used as an usual wrenching tool. 